Katie Value’s ex-husband has responded after her new husband, Lee Andrews, mentioned he wished to take him on within the MMA ring.
Former glamor mannequin Katie, 47, shocked family and friends final month when she married businessman Lee, 41, after a quick romance in Dubai.
It is believed he proposed only a week after the couple met, stunning the tv persona with a press release ring and rose petals emblazoned with the phrases “Will you marry me?” on the ground.
Days later, the loved-up duo had tied the knot, with Katie describing how they met by ‘checking one another’s social media’ earlier than their bond deepened – matching tattoos, rings, marriage and all.
Katie’s whirlwind romance – her ninth engagement to this point – is alleged to have left family and friends again dwelling ‘shocked’.
Not least ex-husband Alex Reid, whose response to the information has made him an enemy of her new lover.
Talking about Katie’s new marriage ceremony, Alex, 50, mentioned: ‘It is irresponsible for your loved ones and kids to marry somebody you do not know.’
He continued, “I sincerely want the person the perfect of luck together with his marriage. I hope the wedding will last more than the court-ordered money owed she nonetheless owes me and lots of others, which exhibits duty and duty.
‘It is not likely her sturdy level. Perhaps he may very well be the perfect factor on this planet to occur to her. He might assist her repay her money owed and be accountable with cash.”
Lee took offense to the cage fighter’s phrases and informed The Solar he would struggle him ‘anytime, anyplace’.
He then informed the tabloid that he wished the struggle to be held in a five-round Final Preventing Championship setting, and for the proceeds to go to charity… and supporting Katie.
Lee added that he had solely briefly mentioned the concept with Katie, however insisted they’d one another’s help.
Alex’s reps initially declined to remark when contacted by Metro, however he subsequently issued a press release, ahem, and hit again.
Alex wrote on Instagram this afternoon that he has “seen the noise a couple of potential MMA struggle involving” [him]’.
“Previously, I fought anybody, anyplace, at any time. That is the reality. “However expertise teaches you that bravado is just not knowledge and that martial arts has actual, lifelong penalties,” he continued.
‘Public consideration could be intoxicating. Being thrust into the highlight, particularly by means of affiliation with high-profile figures, can push individuals to escalate or pursue relevance with out understanding the prices.
“Generally essentially the most accountable factor to do is to train restraint and defend others from their very own inexperience.”
Alex added that he’s a “skilled” who doesn’t “struggle on impulse,” and that “any struggle would solely occur if it was primarily based on a viable enterprise mannequin,” as a result of “the chance has to match the reward.”
“If I ever needed to take a step ahead, I would not hesitate. I struggle with my coronary heart, I at all times have. However maturity now means pondering past the ego.”
He concluded: ‘I do not get carried away within the theater world.
‘Expertise speaks softly.’
Katie Value’s Relationships Defined
Lee is Katie’s fourth husband after being married to actor and influencer Kieran Hayler from 2013 to 2021. Earlier than that, she and MMA fighter Alex had been married for lower than two years.
The couple cut up in 2012, with Katie citing a change in Alex’s conduct as the rationale for his or her cut up.
‘Alex and I’ve had some difficulties in latest months. I settle for that these had been partly attributable to me getting married too rapidly – all of us make errors, and this was one in all them,” she wrote in a press release.
‘Nevertheless, Alex modified from the person I fell in love with, and a few of his behaviors turned troublesome for me to know and brought about issues. I’ve tried to assist him with these points, however they’ve put an actual pressure on our relationship.
‘Our issues had been additionally not resolved as a result of Alex turned more and more fascinated by life within the media.’
Katie’s first ex-husband is Mysterious Lady singer Peter Andre, to whom she was married from 2005 to 2009.
The Mucky Mansion star has 5 kids thus far: son Harvey (23) with footballer Dwight Yorke, and Junior (20) and Princess (18) with Peter.
As for the self-proclaimed millionaire Lee, it’s believed that he has been married twice earlier than. On his Instagram web page, he’s listed as CEO of Aura Group Future City Journey 2027 and an “investor in Area X Hybrid Health.”
He’s mentioned to have proposed to a different girl 4 months in the past, in a clearly comparable method to Katie – rose petals and all.
In accordance with previous flame Alana Percival, Lee’s proposal came about in September 2025, though she later referred to as off the engagement.
When she met her new man, Katie informed The Solar: ‘How I met Lee was esoteric; we’ve related [by] They each checked one another’s socials and rapidly realized, “Wow, that is for me.”
‘The old style approach, first with phrases, which fascinated us each.
‘That developed deeper as we turned extra related inside days, [getting] matching tattoos, after which they each determine to purchase rings for the opposite.
“All this with out even assembly, we left it to destiny, however you may do it [say] destiny, determine.
She ended, “I am simply so proud of my particular person, who’s as comfortable as I’m. What we’ve, they did not even invent the phrases.”
Nevertheless, this got here as information to her household and mates again dwelling, who had been reportedly blindsided after they realized of her engagement and subsequent marriage.
A supply informed Metro: ‘Katie’s household are blindsided by the marriage; they nearly do not settle for that it’s actual.
‘They’ve by no means met or spoken to Lee and are involved about the best way he portrays himself on-line and whether or not he’s who he says he’s. The connection comes out of nowhere.
“Princess and Junior do not know who Lee is, and the concept of him presumably turning into their stepfather is surprising, to say the least.
‘Everyone seems to be hoping now that Katie is again within the UK that they will get some readability about what’s going on and what her long-term plans are for him.’
In the meantime, the celebrant who carried out the service in Dubai has prompt that Katie and Lee’s marriage ceremony might not really be legally binding.
Half-time DJ and MC Darryl Rees informed The Each day Mail: ‘I am a showman; To have it legalized you must go to courtroom.’
He defined how most British {couples} who get married in Dubai go for a picturesque location earlier than coping with the authorized necessities in a Dubai courtroom or at a British registry workplace.
It’s not but recognized whether or not Katie and Lee have chosen this.
Katie Value’s representatives have been contacted for remark.
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